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India approves world’s largest grain storage plan

NCDC to implement the plan with support from various organizations.

India saw 56 heat-related deaths, nearly 25,000 heat stroke cases from March to May, shows govt data

At 14, Madhya Pradesh reports highest number of deaths due to heat-related illnesses, followed by Maharashtra at 11. MP also recorded most suspected heat stroke cases at 6,584.

Govt’s disease-control body NCDC seeks report as ‘unknown fever’ surges in south India

The fever, which doctors describe as more severe than is usual in this season, mostly affecting children & adults with comorbidities. No life-threatening case so far, doctors say.

Learning from Covid, Modi govt plans big AI push for disease surveillance across India

The health ministry has signed an MoU with a private company to develop an AI-based tool that will scan media reports and track disease outbreaks.

More 0-19 yr olds falling sick in India’s second Covid wave than last time, says ICMR

ICMR data also highlights that this time around, entire families have been contracting Covid if even one person tests positive unlike in the previous wave.

20,000 to be tested, 30% of them children — Delhi sero survey is on to know infection scale

ASHA workers and ANMs will collect samples from their allotted wards in each of the 11 Delhi districts. Samples of 20,000 people will be tested to check for IgG antibody.

Modi govt to send team of experts to tackle West Nile fever in Kerala

A four-member team will leave for Kerala after a 7-year-old boy in Malappuram district was diagnosed with the viral infection.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.